Could Men Be the Master of L.A. Poker?
Date: Mon, Aug 11, 2008
Pardon the groaner title, but hear me out. Men “The Master” Nguyen is on a roll of sorts. In the event mentioned below, Men took first place and the $65,700 top prize. He cashed in Event #2 of the Legends of Poker series on July 31st, then took down Event #13 on August 10th. Keep [...]
November Niner Cashes in L.A.WSOP Short Stack Kelly Kim Practices Final Table Play
Date: Mon, Aug 11, 2008
In a stunning development, one of the WSOP November Nine has cashed in a poker tournament. And it just happened to be Kelly Kim, the shortest stacked player waiting to head back to the Rio in Las Vegas to attempt an immediate double-up at the WSOP final table. But instead of stuntin’ around Los Angeles [...]
The Olympic Face of Poker: Vanessa Rousso?
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008
While I can’t keep up with all of the Olympic coverage, I’m doing my damnedest. My TiVo has been working in hyperdrive, recording everything airing on NBC, the USA network, and CNBC, and I’m watching a lot and fast-forwarding (with occasional stops) through everything else. With more than 24 hours of coverage a day, it’s [...]
Happy (Belated) Birthday, Tao!
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008
photo: Jen Browning Shame on me. On August 5, I was wishing the best to my good friends at PartyPoker, who turned 7 years old last week. But I forgot about Pauly – a presumably better friend and fellow blogger and my personal podcast partner and guy whom I speak with regularly and read sometimes as [...]
Bad Bet(s)
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008
You’ve probably seen this already, but in case you haven’t … lots of dumb gamblers* these days: Like the guy who tried to bet a different kind of greenies: And then there was this guy, who called 911 with a claim that a slot machine stole his money. * “gamblers” is a term we can expect to see/hear [...]
More Poker at the Olympics
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008
Brendan Hansen … American swimmer … just got third in his semi-final in the 100m breaststroke. (Really, how amazing is that — to be able to breast-stroke the length of a football field in less than a minute.) Anyhow, apparently he’s been struggling a bit, having posted some disappointing times in some prelims or trials [...]
RE: What Poker can Learn from the Olympics
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008
As mentioned below, I’m currently watching Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh dominate the Japanese in women’s beach volleyball (poker-playing b-baller Jason Kidd is also watching the game, albeit from the stands, not on TV — as the NBA players are apparently making a concerted effort to be part of the Olympic experience) and there’s all [...]
How Many Olympians Have Played in the WSOP? (Six and counting …)
Date: Sat, Aug 9, 2008
In comparing the Olympics to the World Series of Poker, I didn’t plan to write about this, but Justin Shronk asks: “Have any Olympians ever played in the WSOP?” I stayed awake about an hour last night doing some research (discovering three Olympian/WSOP competitors), and did some follow-up research today after Kevin Mathers added Charles [...]
Excalibur Poker Room Rids Itself of People
Date: Sat, Aug 9, 2008
Las Vegas Vegas let us know this week that the poker room at the Excalibur will be folding its hand but buying in to a new game. The room will close on August 18th and send all of its dealers searching for work elsewhere, and it will reopen on August 21st with nothing but automated [...]
RE: Hard Rock “Poker Lounge” Getting Ready to Open
Date: Sat, Aug 9, 2008
After much talk and some anticipation, Dan notes that the Hard Rock poker room will open sometime in August. Evidently, poker pro Joe Awada got a sneak peak at the room and wrote an article about it for Gaming Today. 1. Who knew that Joe Awada wrote articles? 2. Decent stuff, but he could use an editor. The [...]
What Poker Can Learn From the Olympics
Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2008
In case your Friday night included something more interesting than watching TV (mine didn’t), I’m here to tell you that the summer Olympics “started” with the Opening Ceremonies tonight. Actually, the ceremonies took place about half a day ago in Beijing, but NBC is presenting them in a “plausibly live” format during prime time. Hmmm [...]
Barometric Poker — New Poll
Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2008
The readers have spoken … and 42 percent of you are so damn principled that you wouldn’t even consider accepting tournament buy-ins from Ultimate Bet or Absolute, while 22 percent have a more mercenary attitude and/or have forgiven UB/AP. 18 percent of us aren’t sure, 12 percent have become so cynical that what’s the point [...]
Sam Simon Wins “All In For CP” Charity Tournament in L.A.Yes, Simon Donated Winnings Back to Charity
Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2008
This one will make Dan smile. The first annual “All In for CP” charity poker tournament was held at Hollywood Park Casino in L.A. this past Sunday and is being hailed as a total success. More than $44,000 was raised for Jacob Zalewski’s One Step Closer Foundation, which helps ease the lives of those afflicted with [...]
RE: Dallas’ Biggest Little Game More on North Texas poker robbery (not to be confused with South Texas poker raid)
Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2008
Can someone give me confirmation that this game is done, as in out of commission? I gotta think it has to be with the TV cameras and everything on it. But you know … we have standards here, and don’t want to name it and/or give out specifics about the general vicinity until we know [...]
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